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What if the solution-space is so constrained we can't tell the difference between new emergence and common genetic molecules.
by TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
What if the solution-space is so constrained we can't tell the difference between new emergence and common genetic molecules.
- shitberg 8y agoI'd hazard an alternative hypothesis that other forms of life are so radically different at a chemical level, that we don't even recognize them as alive.
- lovemenot 8y agoIsn't chirality (twist direction) of DNA thought to be purely arbitrary, yet 100% consistent in all observed species? Why is opposite chirality DNA not a thing?
- ibeckermayer 8y agoI’ve independently had the same question. There are a lot of assumptions in our contemporary cannon that are unchecked (afaik, but open to being told I don’t know what I’m talking about since this is by no means my area of expertise). It may even be the case that this isn’t possible to know, at least given the evidence at hand. Theories should simply take note of this ambiguity, by qualifying with “if X is the case, that means theory Y is true”
- not_kurt_godel 8y ago> cannon Psst, I think you meant "canon" :)
- ibeckermayer 7y agoNa I meant the thing on pirate ships (you're right, thanks)